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ISSCR 9th Annual Meeting (Toronto, June 2011) - Day 2: Thursday 16th

Posted by , on 15 July 2011

Welcome to my report from the 9th Annual ISSCR Meeting in Toronto, 2011. This is  part two, covering the events of day two (Thursday) of the conference, you can see ...
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ISSCR 9th Annual Meeting (Toronto, June 2011) - Day 1: Wednesday 15th

Posted by , on 15 July 2011

Attendence from over 3,800 delegates, around 140 speakers, and 1,500 posters on display over four days, in the wonderful city of Toronto:  the 9th Annual Meeting of the International Society ...
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Sperm stem cells and that trusty old friend Wnt

Posted by , on 14 July 2011

Sperm stem cells have a lot riding on their success.  Not only must they produce the actual sperm, but they must maintain a life-long supply.  So, the self-renewal of spermatogonial ...
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Muscular forces shape bone circumference

Posted by , on 13 July 2011

The massive cow femur I keep on a shelf right in front of me in my office clearly demonstrates that the shaft of a long bone is anything but a ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 15)

Posted by , on 12 July 2011

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: BMP signalling rolls up in the neural tube During neurulation, polarised cell-shape changes at hinge points – specialised regions ...
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Wellcome PhD – Lab 2: Tea at the poles

Posted by , on 12 July 2011

This is my personal report on the second of three laboratory projects which I have undertaken during the rotation year of my 4-year Wellcome Trust PhD. I studied how yeast ...
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Greetings from the 118th Embryology Class

Posted by , on 6 July 2011

Twenty-four of us have been working for the past five weeks, studying development in a variety of contexts and organisms at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.  The ...
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Cinematic Highlights at the BSDB Meeting 2011

Posted by , on 5 July 2011

As promised, in this final part of my meeting report on the BSCB-BSDB Spring Conference 2011 I will highlight a couple of talks which came with visual effects – studies ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 14)

Posted by , on 21 June 2011

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: How to make stripes: revising the pair-rules A key step in Drosophila segmentation is the transition from non-periodic to ...
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Of mice and women: how Notch signaling ensures a healthy pregnancy

Posted by , on 21 June 2011

Nathan M. Hunkapiller and Susan J. Fisher To accompany our research article in issue 138 (14) of Development, “A role for Notch signaling in trophoblast endovascular invasion and in the ...
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